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Scam Artists Prey On Elderly In Arvada
ARVADA, Colo. -Scam artists are preying on elderly apartment dwellers in Arvada and police officers said it is impossible to catch them. A typical caper involves phoning a grandparent and claiming to...
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CBI Investigates ‘Threatening’ Phone Scam In Colorado
DENVER (CBS4) - A threatening caller demands credit card payments for loans that don’t exist. It’s a scam and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation calls it the No. 1 type of fraud it’s seeing right...
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Threatening Phone Scams Picking Up Steam
DENVER (CBS4) – A rattled Denver family has been receiving threatening phone calls warning they owe money and better pay up, but it’s all a scam, and more families are getting those types of phone...
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Scammers Using Scare Tactics On Victims
DENVER (CBS4) – It starts with a phone call threatening a summons as scammers are using scare tactics to try to get victims to part with their money. 4 On Your Side Consumer Investigator Jodi Brooks...
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Aggressive Scammers Use Payday Loans As Tool On Victims
DENVER (CBS4) – Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission busted a scam operation out of India they say netted $5 million. The scammers were calling people, harassing them to pay off payday loans...
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Incidents Of Police Officer Impersonations Over The Phone Growing
DENVER (CBS4)- Police in Denver are worried about the growing number of cases of people impersonating police officer and other businesses over the phone. This is how it usually happens: the unknown...
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State Warns About Phone Scam That Seems To Be Growing
DENVER (CBS4) – State officials have issued a warning about a phone scam they’re seeing more and more of. The Judicial Department says its received reports of phone scams involving fake debt-collection...
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Colorado Springs Police Probe Ransom Demand Scam
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Colorado Springs police say someone who received a phone call demanding ransom for a kidnapped relative was the target of a scam. Police say the intended victim walked...
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Jury Duty Phone Scam Targets Residents In Douglas County
LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) – A new national phone scam is targeting residents in Douglas County. A person claiming to be a deputy is calling residents and saying they have missed jury duty. The scammer...
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Scam: Suspects Try To Get Money From Outstanding Warrants
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)– The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a scam designed to provoke fear and garner cash from the victims. The suspects will call victims, identifying...
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Scam Reported In Larimer County Uses Name Of Actual Sheriff Commander
http://media.denver.cbslocal.com/CBSDEN_2101201518392561050AA.mp4 FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – There’s an increase in phone scams across the Front Range, and deputies in Larimer County say one...
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Woman Tries To Turn Tables On IRS Scammers
http://media.denver.cbslocal.com/CBSDEN_20150123130409737AA.mp4 DENVER (CBS4) – They claim they are IRS agents threatening you with arrest or court action if you don’t send them money immediately for...
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Scammers Try To Cash In On Vandalized Fallen Officers Memorial
http://media.denver.cbslocal.com/CBSDEN_20150307140223450AA.mp4 DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police are warning of a new scam that strikes close to home for the department because it tries to cash in on the...
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Denver Sheriff Warns Of Phone Scam, Callers Ask For Money
DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver Sheriff Department is warning people living in Denver about a scam that involves callers claiming to be with the department. The officer impersonators then ask for money. The...
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Denver Police, Sheriff Warns Of Phone Scam, Callers Ask For Money
DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver Sheriff and Denver Police Departments are warning people living in Denver about a scam that involves callers claiming to be with either department. The officer impersonators...
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Phone Scam Targets Customers Of Intermountain Rural Electric Association
DENVER (CBS4) – The Intermountain Rural Electric Association is alerting its customers of a phone call scam. In automated calls scammers threaten to cut a person’s power if they do not pay their bill....
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Beware Of ‘Can You Hear Me?’ Phone Scam
DENVER (CBS4) – It starts out like the old Verizon commercials. If you hear it, hang up right away. If you answer, if you say “yes,” then that response is recorded by a fraudster and used to authorize...
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Phone Scams On The Rise
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Deputies are warning about a rise in phone scams. One woman got a call from someone claiming to be her grandson. That person asked for thousands of dollars to bail him...
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Phone Scam: Fake CDOT Representative Threatens ‘Deportation’
DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado Department of Transportation is warning about a phone scam that involves a caller saying they are a CDOT representative and requesting personal information. “Multiple...
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Woman Falls Victim To Phone Scam, Pays Using Gift Cards
FOUNTAIN, Colo. (CBS4) – A Fountain woman lost $1,500 because she says she was the victim of a phone scam. (credit: CBS) The woman told police she received a call from someone claiming to be the El...
View ArticlePhone Scammers Threaten Victims With Court
DENVER (CBS4) – Police are warning of threatening phone calls and the people on the other end of the line are conning victims into giving them their personal information. Sometimes the caller will...
View ArticleXcel Energy Warns About Phone Scam Targeting Seniors
DENVER (CBS4) – Xcel Energy is warning customers of a phone scam targeting senior citizens in Colorado. The scam threatens to turn off power if the person doesn’t pay up. A phony customer service agent...
View ArticleJury Duty Phone Scam Continues To Escalate Along The Front Range
DENVER (CBS4) – Law enforcement agencies across Colorado say people are scammed out of serious money by callers posing as deputies. The Denver Sheriff Department says a lot of people say they’ve been...
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Scammers Preying On Citizens Who Want To Help Deputy In Critical Condition
By Tom Mustin DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Residents in Douglas County are not holding back their disgust after the latest phone scam. “I think it’s sick. It’s disgusting,” said Leslie Fawcett Putman...
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Denver Sheriff Department Warns Of Impersonator Phone Scam
DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Sheriff Department is warning the community about a phone scam circulating in the city. The caller identifies themselves as a Deputy Sheriff and demands payment for alleged...
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